Monthly Archives: July 2010

On not suffering from Folk Festival guilt

C hurch attendance patterns provide an interesting window into what makes a particular congregation “tick.” For most congregations, attendance is at its lowest ebb on summer long-weekends, when many people have cleared out of the city to head for the

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“The kingdom of God has come near to you”

a sermon on Luke 10:1-20 D uring the 1980s when I was a theological student in Toronto, there was a man who would stand out on Yonge Street on Saturday afternoons, holding a sign that called people to repent, for

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Prayers of the People | July 4

W e call the community into a time of prayer. Hope of the nations, we pray for the world. On this day when the United States of America celebrates their freedom and strength, we pray that the American people would

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